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Drug Reform Coordination Network Inc.

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Drug Control HIV/AIDS Human Rights Justice
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	United States of America
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Mission statement:	Drug Reform Coordination Network, or DRCNet, works for an end to drug prohibition worldwide, and an end to the "drug war" in its current form. We believe that much of the harm commonly attributed to drugs is really the result of placing drugs in a criminal environment. We believe the global drug war has fueled violence, civil instability, and public health crises; and that the currently prevalent arrest- and punishment-based policies toward drugs are unjust. Consistent with our goal of ending prohibition (e.g. some form of "legalization"), DRCNet also works toward partial reforms of drug policy that are politically feasible in the present, including: marijuana legalization; criminal justice and policing reform; harm reduction practices such as needle exchange; demilitarization of US-driven drug policy in Latin America and other regions, and on the US borders; and availability of substances for medical use; among others. Our primary but not exclusive emphasis is on US policies.
Year established:	1993
Year of registration:	1997
Organizational structure:	Drug Reform Coordination Network is a 501(c)(4) lobbying nonprofit with a board of directors, which appoints, delegates authority to, and oversees, an executive director. We are partnered with a related nonprofit, DRCNet Foundation, with which we work together under the informal name StoptheDrugWar.org.
Number and type of members:	Approximately 6500 members, who are people who have donated to the organization or supported our work in other ways.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	New York NGO Committee on Drugs, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (both UN-affiliated), International Drug Policy Consortium
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Other sources Fundraising campaigns Donations and grants from domestic sources Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Funding structure other:	advertising on our web site, currently Google Adsense

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